We pick up the story on Tuesday, when we took the car (our only car trip of the entire holiday) to the Hoge Veluwe National Park near Arnhem. They have a fleet of 1700 white bicycles which visitors can use for free, and a network of cycle paths to ride them on. The centrepiece of the park is the Kröller-Müller museum, but we bypassed that in favour of visiting the surreal inland dune system, bizarrely set amid a forest of Scots Pine. Wednesday was rainy, so we went swimming and then had a wee outing to the centre of Voorschoten, followed by - you guessed it - beer and ice cream at the Vlietland Pavilion. Thursday we took the train into Amsterdam, and bypassed the city's more adult attractions to spend much of the day exploring the Vondelpark and its manifold kid-friendly spaces, including a paddling pool which was a great hit. We rounded off the day with a stroll along the Prinsengracht and a pause for ice cream and beer before the train back to Voorschoten. The sunshine continued on our final day, and we returned to Wassenaar beach for more sun, sea and sand. Not to mention, of course, the ice cream and beer at the end of the day. The homeward ferry journey was even better than the outward, with a better view, a quieter cabin, and two kiddies who relaxed and slept well after a spot of dancing in the bar to the ship's resident band. A fantastic trip to a fantastic kid-friendly location, and good weather to go with it. When's the next one?
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